WITNESS LIST

            Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee

            April 27, 2023 - 8:00 AM

HB 4752

                 For:

                                 Omowale Jarmon, Deborah (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Aldredge, Vaughn (Texas historical commission)

HB 5248

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Alec (Alabama Coushatta Tribe)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Osburn, Tiffany (Texas Historical Commission)

HCR 5

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fuentes, Gabriella (Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso; El Paso Children’s Hospital)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

HCR 29

                 For:

                                 Ghani, Shariq (Minaret Foundation)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Akhtat, Malik (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Eagle Forum)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Mahmood, Ghazanfar (Self)

HCR 80

                 For:

                                 Adam, Ammar (Self; Almaghrib Institute)

                                                                                               1

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ahmed, Imad (Self)

                                 Brito, Sumer (An Nisa Hope Center)

                                 English, Jamila (Emgage, Texas Chapter)

                                 Ghani, Shariq (Minaret Foundation)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Kabire, Ayman (Self; Islamic society of Greater Houston)

                                 Kazi, Mujeeb (North texas islamic council)

                                 Khan, Muhammad A (IACC)

                                 Khowaja, Liaquat (Ibn Sina Foundation)

                                 Siddiqi, Azra (Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Eagle Forum)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Akhtat, Malik (Self)

                                 Mahmood, Ghazanfar (Self)

HCR 91

                 For:

                                 Ghani, Shariq (Minaret Foundation)

                                 Von Dohlen, Tim (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Akhtat, Malik (Self)

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Mahmood, Ghazanfar (Self)

                                 Parma, Rebecca (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Lifer)

HCR 105

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bentley, Matthew (Self)

SB 811

                 For:

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dreibelbis, Justin (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)

                                 Romo, Joel (Nueces County)

                                 Simmons, Carrie (Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society)

                 On:

                                 Silovsky, John (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

SB 1032

                 For:

                                 Bonnot, Shane (Coastal Conservation Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boney, W Brad (Self; Texas oyster association)

                                 Jurisich, Johny (Self; Texas oyster association)

                                 Kleberg, Jay (Gulf of Mexico Trust)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Vest, Bethany (Self; Jeri’s Seafood, Inc.)

                                 Wilbanks, Chad (Texas Oyster Association)

                                 Woody, Tracy (Self; Texas Oyster Association)

                 On:

                                 Riechers, Robin (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

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